Safety razor



E. TUNMER. SAFETY RAZOR. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 24. 1921 Patented Nov.14, 1922.

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INVENTDE' M J ATTDHNEZYS Patented Nov. 14, 1922 NIT oFFicE.

ERNEST TUNMER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY RAZOR.

Application filed October 24, 1921. Serial No. 510,047.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST ITIITNMER, a subject of the King of GreatBrltain, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and invention is toprovide an improved con.-

struction of the body and blade, whereby an effective, desirable andsimple razor 1s produced at a minimum expense.

This invention is embodied in them:

provements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,- A

Figure 1 is a top plan View of a razor embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1. I Figure 3 is aperspective view of the body, the blade being removed.

Figure 4 is aside view of the blade. The drawings show the partsenlarged to about twice their actual sizei My improved safety razor bodycomprises a base portion 12, having notches formlng guard. fingers 13,which are bent to stand at .an angle with the base portion, said fingersand the edge of the base portion from which they project forming acomb-shaped guard.

The body also comprises a blade-holding portion 14, having an edgeparallel. with said guard, and inwardly ofi'set blade-confining tongues15, connected with the blade-holding portion by bent necks 16. The bodyalso comprises an intermediate portion 17, connecting the base and theblade-holding portions, andmaintaining said portions in operativerelation to "each other.

The body is provided with a handle 18, joined to the base ortion andprojecting therefrom, as shown by Figures 2 and 3.

The tongues 15 are adaptedto confine a detachable blade 19 against theinner side of the blade-holding portion 14. The rear edge of the blade,whichis not sharpened, bears upon the outer sides of the necks 16, theform and arrangement being such that the cutting edge 19 of the blade issupported by said necks in operative relation to the guard, as shown byFigure 2'. The rear edge of the blade is provided with shoulders 20,

' shown by the drawings,

'the base portion,

the blade-holding portions,

which bear on end portions of the necks 16 v to prevent endwisedisplacement of the blade. I The connecting portion 17 maintains thebase portion 12 and the blade-holding portion 14 in the operativerelation to each other said portions being in planes converging towardeach other.

The body is'preferably made from a single piece or blank of flat-sidedsheet or plate metal, of such thickness that the base portion 12 andblade-holding portion 14 are rigidly confined, and are notfree'to springtoward and from each other.

The handle 18 is cut and bent from the connecting portion 17, and joinedonly to the base portion 12, the area. of the cutting portion being suchthat anoperative handle may be cut and bent therefrom, withoutobjectionably weakening the cutting portion, a slot 18 being formed inthe cutting portion by the operation of cutting and bending the handle.

The one-piece body thus formed is adapted to be manufactured at a smallexpense, and is adapted to securely confine the blade 19 in itsoperative position with relation to the guard, and to permit theconvenient insertion and removal of the blade.

.To prevent forward edgewise displacement of the blade from itsoperative position, I provide the blade-holding portion 14 with acentral tongue 22, formed by cutting and pressingsome of the metal ofsaid portion; Said tongue is adapted to spring or snap into a hole 22,formed for its reception in the blade. Said, tongue and hole are adaptto cooperate in preventing both forward edgewise displacement andendwise displacement of the blade, so that a blade the shoulders 20.

I claim: v 1. A safety razor body comprising a base portion havingnotches forming guard fingers which are bent to stand at an angle withsaid fingers and the edge may be employed whichis not provided withofthe base portion forming a comb-shaped guard, a bladeholding portionhaving an edge parallel with said guard, and inw'ardly offsetblade-confining tongues connected with the blade-holding portion by bentnecks, an intermediate portion connecting-the base and and. maintainingsaid portions in operative relation to -each other, and a handle joinedto the base portion, said tongues being adapted to confine a detachableblade agalnst the inner side of the blade-holding portion, the saidnecks be ing adapted to cooperate with the rear edge of said blade andwith shoulders on said edge, in locating the cutting edge of the bladein operative relation tosaid guard, and in preventing endwisedisplacement of the blade.

2. A safety razor body substantially as specified by claim 1, the saidbody being made from a single piece, and the handle being cut and bentfrom the said connecting portion and joined to the said base portion. 3.A safety razor body comprising a base portion having notches formingguard fingers which are bent to stand at an angle with p the baseportion, said fingers and the edge of the base portion forming acomb-shaped guard, a blade-holding portion having an Masses edgeparallel with said guard, inwardly 05- set blade-confining tonguesconnected with the blade-holding portion by bent necks, and a centralspring tongue projecting inwardly from its inner side, an intermediateportion connecting the base and blade-holding portions, and maintainingsaid portions in .operative relation to each other, and a handle joinedto the base portion, combined with a blade inserted between saidblade-holding portion and tongues, and having a rear edge bearingagainst the side portions of said necks, to locate the cutting edge inoperative relation to said guard, and a hole adapted .to cooperate withsaid central tongue in preventing displacement of the blade.

In testimony whereof I have ailixed my signature.

ERNEST TUNMER.

